Long-term care operators have pushed back against the proposed federal staffing mandate with a familiar trio of objections: It ignores workforce realities, imposes crushing financial burdens and ...

Members of a national coalition are urging HHS and CMS to revisit what they’ve deemed a flawed measure in CMS’ Five-Star ...

While it seems there’s still a bit of business to complete before the nursing home staffing mandate can be totally written ...

The federal government continues to defend a national nursing home staffing mandate in court, despite major concerns about ...

A federal judge Monday threw out a federal nursing home staffing mandate, quickly shifting providers into considering how they'll use their freedom from inflexible requirements to rebuild and ...

Flu vaccination rates didn’t change much between 2019 and 2022, but during that time more Black and Hispanic older adults ...

The future of nursing home care should be grounded in the belief that every person matters, with a focus on providing care ...

More people die at home from ischemic stroke compared to hospitals. Black Americans and people living in rural parts of the ...

Mehmet Oz, MD, took to social media Thursday to deliver his first public message as administrator of CMS amid Medicaid cuts.

On a day when federal regulators announced a big jump in Medicare Advantage payments for fiscal 2026, long-term care ...

Rosa Baier, MPH, has commanded a successful 22-year career as a public health practitioner and scholar who has been dedicated ...

A North Dakota nursing home has built a long-standing relationship with an elementary school whose students recently nabbed ...